Watson v. State

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The defendant was indicted and convicted for perjury. Alabama Code Section 13-5-111 (1975). The trial court fixed his punishment at three years in the State penitentiary.

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To sustain a conviction for perjury there must be testimony of two witnesses to the corpus delicti or one witness with strong corroborative evidence. Ex parte…